First Steps: Early Child Development Settlement Program

Being a refugee in Canada is undeniably difficult, especially if you have young children or are a caregiver of one. First Steps understands and aims to help you and your family settle in Canada through developmental support. First Steps goal is to support and assist newcomer families so they can gradually transition into mainstream services and resources.

How First Steps: Early Child Development Settlement Program Works

Learn about parenting in a Canadian context, meet other parents who share and understand the experience of raising children in a new country, and get the support you and your children need to succeed in the community and school.

At First Steps, you will be provided with:

Parent child drop-in

Parenting Support

Social interaction, bonding and play

Nutrition and health information

Mental health counselling

Fathers groups

And more.

First Steps also hosts the Mother Goose and Nobody’s Perfect Parenting programs, which helps you learn about parenting in a Canadian context.